LETTER: Visting Mourdock was a pleasure

We had the pleasure recently of visiting with our state treasurer in his office at the State House in Indianapolis. He was a kind and gracious host.

It was exicitng to see the series of vaults where state tax money was stored back in the early years of our state government.

We were surprised to learn that his office was once the State Treasurer's apartment, where each one lived during his tenure. He could have lived on the main floor with his horses and carriages in the stable underneath the apartment.

Keep in mind the only ventilation is a window or two in the apartment itself. Each window is about 10 feet high and three feet wide.

The State Treasurer would have lived there year round, in case some county tax collector needed to bring in some funds for him to keep in the vault.

As Richard Mourdock took us on a guided tour of the legislature and the State House in general, it was exciting to see the portraits of previous treasurer's on the walls. He knew each one's name and what they accomplished while in that office.

We were also pleased to see how the people there greeted him with honor and respect unlike the local media here.